Show r F ir Tr LA e Runa way ay poat 9 ili k igi O I M ard J k q I 4 I I I I N Lake Ohio Scene of 01 Man Mans m m for lor Life in midst mid of 01 Winter Mid Storm Storm I J a 1 EFT on a sinking island of LEFT i willow roots as his boat blew out of reach and disappeared in a night blizzard Ralph Goll GolI of Montpelier Ohio hio saved his life by plunging in- in Ito fco the th icy waters of Nettle Lake Dear eal his home and swimming about un until he found his runaway craft Despite wind and driving snow mow Goll Coil had put out rowboat to run a trap line on the t o lake which is noted for fer its depth dep and treacherous shoreline AfUr Al several hours hours' he reached a a trap in a mattress of o roots about abent four fOUl feet in diameter Goll Coil stepped from his boat onto the roots to move remove r a trapped ped ani ani- animal animal animal mal ne to make his anchor rope fast Slowly the mass of o roots began beRan to sink Goll turned to seize the prow of o his boat but no boat was there As the roots settled the boat had become beeme disengaged and the fierce oT- oT oT-hore oT o hore wind was ear car carrying it out of sight in the swirl swirl- swirlIng Ing snow 4 For For- Fori i Moment said GollI weighed the three chances of o living or 01 or which dying-which confronted me If the island sank no lower and andI I to live through the storm help would reach me in the ten morning-ten hours away To try to reach shore involved even enn a greater risk Between me inc and solid ground was a wide area of semi semi- liquid muck that could swallow a Uke quicksand q ie dV r i I Ralph Coll Co U Encumbered boots f and I 1 heavy trapping equipment til took th third chance ch nce 11 plunged into till N icy water and swam desper l desperately following straight a oft off J shore course in the over overtaking overtaking taking king the boat The craft era t was now well out of range of my flashlight which hung from a cord around my ray neck but now dangled from my shoulders ShO rs rJ I had put fresh fre h bat tori teri n it and the toe beam stayed brig and clear even though the Was light was Under water most of the In time time In the intervals when I was not swimming I tried to see some trace of the boat At uA length my arms were get get- getting getting ting so numb numo that I began to think think each stroke must be my last I 1 was was' was about to give up when I stopped swimming and seized the flash flashlight flash 1 light Ji nt for one more look around And there at my left only a few I feet away was the boat If it hadn't been for the light I never would have seen it Coil Goll managed to grab the tha gun i gun I gunwales wales and pull pun himself aboard His clothes froze as soon as he was was' out of the water but he was to row and m J |